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Physical water treatment/cooling towers

Are any of you aware of any physical/chemical free water systems that are available today for cooling towers, and hot water boilers?? And obviously Iam looking for EFFECTIVE systems or treatment solutions, THANKS

Are any of you aware of any physical/chemical free water systems that are available today for cooling towers, and hot water boilers?? And obviously Iam looking for EFFECTIVE systems or treatment solutions, THANKS

The only physical non-chemical treatment that I personally have seen work is to first use reverse osmosis to remove dissolved solids, or use distilled water only. We used this (distilled water) on very high powered search/height finder radar (the cooling equipment) many moons ago. Do not believe anyone who tries to flog any magnetic or electronic device to "condition" your water, you'll just pay a real pro much more later to undo the damage...

Are any of you aware of any physical/chemical free water systems that are available today for cooling towers, and hot water boilers?? And obviously Iam looking for EFFECTIVE systems or treatment solutions, THANKS

Ok, as far as the dolphin thing is concerned , "IM NOT GONNA FALL FOR THE WIRE AROUND THE PIPE"

That sounds very smart, I should have mentioned that we mixed the distilled water with glycol (ordinary Prestone) to about 50% and replaced it every 6 months or so, of course this was the DEW/Pinetree/Mid Canada line. The Legionella is a real concern with the cooling towers, I think you are going to have to look long and hard for something non-chemical that actually works. Water treatment systems do use ultraviolet light to treat for microorganisms, but that won't help with scale deposition. Good luck, but if you find something, let us all know...

Ive seen it work, but I cant say Im a big proponent of it. There is a company here locally called Descalamatic that uses what is baically strong magnets epoxied inside a section of pipe. I have a building that hase used it exclusively for about 15years on the closed loop and cooling tower. The cooling tower also has a pump, nozzles and sock filter to keep the sump sparking clean, and it does. The chiller tubes look decent every year no scale, and the closed loop is crystal clear. One day I will catch there tech pumping in chemicals,,,one day...

If I would of killed my wife when I first met her, I'd be out of jail by now!

That sounds very smart, I should have mentioned that we mixed the distilled water with glycol (ordinary Prestone) to about 50% and replaced it every 6 months or so, of course this was the DEW/Pinetree/Mid Canada line. The Legionella is a real concern with the cooling towers, I think you are going to have to look long and hard for something non-chemical that actually works. Water treatment systems do use ultraviolet light to treat for microorganisms, but that won't help with scale deposition. Good luck, but if you find something, let us all know...